I started and gave up on Durells too. I watched all Jamestown. It was ok. Not sure how accurate it was in depicting early life in the colony.

I gave up on it as well.

So did I.

Multiple people recommended it to me as well. I gave up after 3 or 4 episodes.

I don’t get it, either. I never made it past two episodes.

I read Gerry’s book My Family and Other Animals 30 years ago and enjoyed it, so I had great hopes for the series. We watched one season and gave it up.

ritaweeda, I have not liked the 'Durells in Corfu' program either and found Jamestown to be just drama, not historical at all. Disappointing.

I agree. Another 'Why bother?' is "Death in Paradise". DH pegs them as Saturday night fillers.

I don't watch it either, one episode was enough. I never watched Death in Paradise either but since my cousin moved in she watches it and I am starting to like it now.

I love the Durell's. I must be the only one.

I started watching Jamestown but lost interest.

I enjoy it very much. It’s not Downton Abbey but I find the characters to be entertaining. I like that it’s based on a true family. I just love the scenery of Corfu. I like the mother, daughter and maid the best.

i Also tried Jamestown but couldn’t get into it or the new one called Press. I do enjoy Poldark.

I'm a big fan of Durell's. It's so original, interesting and highly creative. It's similar to the concept of Jazz versus Classical. Some like it, some don't.

Durells can be annoying because it is just a long joke but so were the books. It is tolerable but Jamestown not so much because it bears no resemblance to any sort of historical reality. It is Little House on the prairie History which is not. So I bailed out on that one early on.

I enjoyed the first couple of seasons until I did a bit of research about this family and decided I did not like them at all. I have not watched since.

I have not watched as I didn't know this was on, but I have heard from several people who adored it (and the books). I keep meaning to look it up and either read or watch but I haven't yet. This is a good reminder and now I am so curious to see which camp (love/hate) I will join!

"Durrells" is as interesting as reading Aunt Sally's annual Christmas card recounting her family's year. The only selling point is the location on Corfu. And I loved 'eccentric family' things like "Cheaper By The Dozen"! (Maybe I wouldn't, today.)

Watched it tonight, its just so silly. Watch it as a quirky show.

I didnt like it either. PBS sure has pushed it though.

Just seeing this and thought maybe you were talking about "Press". I watched

a couple of those and it is absolutely hateful. :) Not a single character worth

liking. Afraid though, it is exactly like the real life of the nasty gossip papers.

The only show that is awful, but hard to not watch, and where you wish that

something terrible would happen to every character. LOL

Here is another who loves the Durrells of Corfu. To me, it is extremely entertaining and so very quirky at times. It is one of those shows you can just enjoy watching and not get wrapped up in. Still have reservations about Press, but will continue to watch it for a few more Saturdays.

The Durrells are a series of books written by Gerald Durrell, who was a British naturalist whose parents moved the family to Corfu from India and then to Britain before the war. Gerald wrote the books about this family later in life and are highly fictionalized. I never got into either the books or the series- although it is quite popular.

I'm so bummed that I was out of town for the start of the new season and now will have to watch the missed episodes on the computer. I love, love this show! Maybe because I've read all the books I could find--Durrell's sense of humor is awesome and he's a beautiful writer. This series does him proud, though of course there's some literary license taken.